Cash and package carrier.



H. M. WEAVER.

CASH AND PAGKAGE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1909.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

Mix E3555 Allorney EPIC HENRY M. WEAVER, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

CASH AND PACKAGE CARRIER.

Application filed January 2, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. WEAVER, of Mansfield, in the county ofRichland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cash and Package Carriers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in cash and package carriers,oneobject of the invention being to provide simple means for propelling thecars; to reduce friction on the propelling cords, and to relieve thecords of excessive wear.

A further object is to provide propelling iechanism employing a singleseries of pulleys and a single cord, in which the cord will be preventedfrom contact or engagement with the car.

A further object is to provide propelling mechanism which shall bedurable in construction and in which the wear on the parts will bereduced to a minimum.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter setforth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portionof a cash carrier mechanism illustrating my improvements. Fig.2 is asectional view on the line c-ac of Fig. 1.

1 represents a depending standard intended to be secured in any suitablemanner to the ceiling or superstructure of a room. A bracket 2 issecured to the lower end of the standard 1 and provided with a forwardlyprojecting arm 3 with which the track-wire at is connected through themedium of a block 5. The bracket 2 is provided with a rearwardlyprojecting lug or ear 6, to which brace rods 7 are attached. A frictiontube 8 is secured on the track-wire 4 and on this friction tube the car9 is adapted to run as it reaches the station. A friction shoe 10 islocated within the car and will be pressed against the tube 8 by meansof springs 11 so as to increase frictional engagement between the tube 8and the car and act as a brake for the latter as it approaches thestation. The car 9 is provided with hook-portions 12 which project abovethe plane of the trackwire and in these portions, the journals of wheels13 are mounted, the latter being thus Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 29, 1910.

SeriaI No. 470,461.

adapted to run on the track-wire in the usual manner.

A bracket 1a is secured to and projects forwardly from the standard 1 aconsiderable distance above the lower end of the lattersaid bracketbeing provided at its free end with a depending arm 15. An arm 16 issecured to the standard 1 immediately over the bracket 2 and to said arm16, one end of a bar 17 is secured. The bar 17 is disposed parallel withthe trackway 4 and at its forward end has secured thereto a bracket 18.In order to maintain the bar 17 and the bracket 18 in proper position, abrace rod 19 is secured at one end to the latter and at the other end tothe depending arm of the bracket 14.

Two pulleys 20 and 21 are mounted in the bracket 14 and a pulley 22 ismounted in bracket 18. One end of a cord 23 is secured to a sheave-blockor frame 24 and after passing over the pulley 20 is passed about asheave or pulley 25 mounted in the sheaveblock or frame and from thencethe cord passes over the pulley 21 and then is extended forwardly andmade to pass about the pulley 22 mounted in the bracket at the forwardend of the bar 17. After passing over the pulley 22 the cord 23 isextended rearwardly and secured to a trolley 26 which is movable on thebar 17. The trolley 26 comprises a body portion 27, to the respectiveends of which metal bands are secured and made to embrace the bar 17loosely so as to permit the trolley to slide freely thereon. The bodyportion 27 of the trolley is provided at respective sides with laterallyprojecting members, such as lugs 28, and to these lugs the respectivearms of a wire loop 29 are attached. The loop 29 projects rearwardly anddownwardly from the trolley 27 and its cross-bar or that portion whichconnects its respective arms will be in position to be engaged by thehook portion 12 at one end of a car as the latter approaches a station.

The sheave-block or frame 24 has attached thereto, a depending pull cord30 provided at its lower end with a handle 31.

As a car approaches a station, the hook portion 12 at the forward end ofsaid car will engage the wire loop 29 and thus cause the trolley 26 tomove rearwardly on the trackway afforded by the bar 17 and when the carshall have reached the station, the parts will be in the positions shownin Flg.

1. In order to propel the car forwardly over the track-wire, theoperator will pull the sheave-block 2d downwardly by means of the pullcord with the effect of op erating the cord 23 and consequently movingthe trolley 26 forwardly on the bar 17 As the trolley is thus propelledforwardly it will, through the medium of the wire loop 29 propel the carover the track-wire with a speed which will be about four times as greatas that given to the pull cord 30 by the operator. It will be observedthat a single series of pulleys and a single operating cord 23 isemployed and hence the friction will be materially less than where agreater number of pulleys and a series of operating cords are used, ashas heretofore been the custom with cash and package carriers of thetype to which my invention relates. It will also be observed that thecar never comes into engagement with the operating cord but is propelledby the trolley through the means of the connection therewith afforded bythe wire loop 29. My improvements therefore avoid excessive wear on theoperating cord, such as has been experienced with prior constructions inwhich the car is caused to engage and have frictional contact with theoperating cord.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is,

1. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with atrackway for a car and a trackway for a trolley, of a trolley freelymovable on said last mentioned trackway, a wire loop attached to saidtrolley and projecting downwardly and rearwardly therefrom, the rear endof said loop terminating an appreciable distance rearwardly of thetrolley, and means for propelling said trolley to propel the car.

2. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with adepending standard and a trackway for a car secured thereto, of a rigidbar supported by said standard above the trackway, a trolley freelymovable on said bar and provided with arms or projections, a loopconnected with said arms or projections and extending downwardly andrearwardly an appreciable distance rearwardly of the trolley, and meansfor operating said trolley to propel a car.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with atrackway for a car, of a bar disposed parallel therewith, a trolleyfreely movable on said bar, lugs projecting laterally from said trolley,a metal loop secured at its ends to said lugs and disposed in positionto be engaged by a car on the trackway, and means for propelling thetrolley to propel the car.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with asupport and a trackway for .a car connected with said support, of a baralso connected with said support and disposed parallel with saidtrackway, a trolley movable on said bar and provided with engaging meansfor a car, a bracket projecting from the support, pulleys mounted insaid bracket, a pulley at the forward end of said bar, a sheave-block orframe, a sheave therein, a cord securedat one end to said sheave-blockor frame and pass ing over the sheave therein and the pulleys in saidbracket and also over the pulley at the forward end of said bar andhaving its other end attached to the trolley, and means connected withthe sheave-block or frame for operating the same to transmit motion tothe trolley for propelling the car.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY M. WEAVER.

lVitnesses M. McE. IVELDON, M. A. DRAKE.

